Improvement in dust-pans



S. M. RENNIE.

DUST-PAN.

No. 191,368. PatentedMay 29,1877.

MPETERS, PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D G SARAH M. RENNIE, OFBINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HER RIGHT TO WILLIAM J.RENNIE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DUST-PAN S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,368, dated May 29,1877; applicatlon filed April 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SARAH M. RENNIE, ofBinghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have inventedcertain improvements in receptacles for sweepings of stairs and floorsof apartments, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofparts, and will hereinafter be more specifically pointed out in theclaim.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings is a view of a device embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end view of a sectional elevation of the same,showing the recess and lip. Fig. 3 is an end view of the device inposition on the stairs for the reception of the sweepings from the stepabove.

A is the dust-pan, which is made of a larger size than the ordinaryarticle, say two feet in length, more or less, that it may receive theentire sweepin gs of the apartment, and that its weight may retain it inposition. B is the projecting lip or apron, the edge of whichrests onthe floor, on the carpet, or under the projecting edge f of the step ofthe stairs. The other point of bearing is the depression I) of therecess 0. D is the handle, which is attached to the upper edge of theopening 0 of the recess, and to the center of the lip B, on a line, a.This forms a brace for the protection of the edge of the recess.

The opening 0 is shown by a dotted line from a. to 0. The outside of thedevice is left free from the ordinary attachments.

When I use my dust-pan for sweeping stairs I place it-in position, asshown by Fig. 3 in the drawings, and, when used for the floor or carpet,I move it from one position to another with the foot until the worl: isaccomplished.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire'tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the device A, the handle D, attached on the inside,and forming a brace for the projecting edge E and opening 0, constructedas herein described, for the purpose set forth.

' MRS. SARAH M. RENN IE.

Witnesses:

P. 1?. ROGERS, W. J. RENNIE.

